Roses for English gardens . PAULS CARMINE PILLAR, SCARLET CRLVSOM. 3 :S. ROSE PILLARS 37 wider iron frame is placed to make a thicker blockof upright Roses. Another is wider still, and theRoses are trained either up or round it outside, orup a central support and then out at the top, fromwhence they fall over and cover the sides. This isan excellent way of growing that beautiful old RoseBlairii No. 2. For full fifty years this fine thing hasbeen with us, and in its own way there is as yetnothing better. Its origin is not clearly known, butit seems to be related to the China Roses. Its dain
Roses for English gardens . PAULS CARMINE PILLAR, SCARLET CRLVSOM. 3 :S. ROSE PILLARS 37 wider iron frame is placed to make a thicker blockof upright Roses. Another is wider still, and theRoses are trained either up or round it outside, orup a central support and then out at the top, fromwhence they fall over and cover the sides. This isan excellent way of growing that beautiful old RoseBlairii No. 2. For full fifty years this fine thing hasbeen with us, and in its own way there is as yetnothing better. Its origin is not clearly known, butit seems to be related to the China Roses. Its daintypink colouring, deepening to the centre, gives it arare charm, and recalls the loveliness of a looserRose, the Blush Boursault, that, alas 1 so seldom giveswell-formed blooms. Another way of forming thethick pillar or balloon is to have a stout woodencentral post and three intersecting iron arches eachsix feet wide, forming six outer standards that archover to the central post, and lateral wires girthingthe whole about ei
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